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Why is maga.place in blocked instances? (feddit.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk to c/feddituk@feddit.uk

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Tbh i was looking forward to engaging in some debate with them.

did they break any actual rules or is it just because they're MAGA?

Edit: Before you angrily comment below (as so many have done so far) please keep in mind that this is a feddit.uk meta community and i am specifically asking the question to feddit.uk mods/admins and inviting discussion from feddit.uk users.

if you are not a feddit.uk user then this entire conversation DOES NOT AFFECT YOU. ~~I have yet to hear from anyone who actually is a feddit.uk user~~ Admin response here

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Isn't it just one dude

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Probably, which makes it even weirder that the admins pushed the nuclear defederate button.

Also this post is almost a month old. how far did you have to scroll to get to it?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 3 days ago

It's the latest post on this community

[–] iamericandre@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

There is no debate to had with them. Facts mean nothing to these people

[+] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -20 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

i'd still like to try

even if only for the entertainment value

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

And you think an entire instance should have to be exposed to that trash for your amusement? Maybe you might fit in better over there.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 days ago

I believe you can have individual blocks. Pretty sure it was discussed having a default blocklist

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Feel free to sign up to all the Nazi social media you want to, you can even go make a Shitter account.

But if you're gonna spend your time asking why Nazi's aren't allowed everywhere, people are gonna start wondering if you just like Nazis...

Especially when your reasoning is basically "for the lols"

even if only for the entertainment value

Maybe you're a kid and you didn't know what people would assume when you to bat for nazis

[+] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

The whole point of the fediverse is to be able to engage with people from other instances from your home instance. We don't block the other end of the spectrum, grad and hexbear remain available from this instance despite them advocating for various past and present authoritarian regimes and conductors of crimes against humanity.

I wear my badges from them with pride

If you want to block the whole instance you're welcome to, from your own account.

Don't make my decisions for me, I'll talk to whomever i want to, and i should be able to do so from my home instance, as the Fediverse was designed to do

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

nobody is stopping you from talking to nazis. you can talk to nazis if you want to. you just cant use this ~~platform~~ federated network to talk to nazis. you need to go out of your way to talk to nazis here, by design.

edit: "there is no other way out of this mess" you sweet summer child

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -5 points 3 weeks ago

When you say "this platform" what exactly do you mean? if i join maga.place i'm still on lemmy

You realize you are commenting on a thread made by a feddit.uk user in a feddit.uk meta community addressed to the mods and other users on feddit.uk?___

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Don’t make my decisions for me

Literally no one is...

If you dont like it, go make an account on maga.place itself?

Why should everyone else have to deal with fascists because you want them around?

And literally no one was talking about, and especially not defending hexbear. They're not "the other end of the spectrum" they're all rightwing authoritarians, they just tell different lies to people about it.

Don’t make my decisions for me, I’ll talk to whomever i want to, and i should be able to do so from my home instance, as the Fediverse was designed to do

From what you're saying...

Every instance would have to federate with everyone...

You might find an instance that wants to do that. Or you can make your own and beg instances to federate with you I do t think you'll get 100% tho

It seems you're so upset because you don't understand how this works or what it's for

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Literally no one is…

Apart from whoever added maga.place to the defed list for feddit.uk (for the record, i'm not asserting that that was the wrong decision, just querying the reason behind it)

If you do t like it, go make an account on maga.place itself?

i shouldn't have to
for the same reason i left lemmy.ml, i am less subject to their (almost certainly shitty) moderation policies from a remote instance than i am from theirs

Why should everyone else have to deal with fascists because you want them around?

You don't have to. you have it within your power to block communities and instances in your account settings.

From what you’re saying… Every instance would have to federate with everyone…

yes, this is how lemmy works.

Or you can make your own and beg instances to federate with you I do t think you’ll get 100% tho

by default (as i understand it) everyone is federated. instance admins have to manually defederate if they want to. hence this post from me, a feddit.uk user asking the mods/admins in a feddit.uk meta community why they chose to make that decision.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

as i understand it

Like many things it seems, you're misunderstanding this...

If you're nicer, and asked questions, someone else might answer them, and you'll learn something

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -2 points 3 weeks ago

Like many things it seems, you’re misunderstanding this…

I have seen nothing to suggest this. please feel free to prove me wrong on that point

If you’re nicer, and asked questions

Please point out where i have been anything less than civil with anyone in the responses to my post

I did ask questions; this post was a question to the admins of my instance in a local community on my instance. It is of no concern to anyone who isn't a feddit.uk user

[–] missingno@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If you think the 'point' of the Fediverse is for every server to federate with every server, no exceptions, then let me ask you a Socratic question here: Why do you think defederation exists? This is a feature that is part of the Fediverse, and it serves an important purpose.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

If you think the ‘point’ of the Fediverse is for every server to federate with every server, no exceptions

At no point did i say that. De-federation should be only used where severe disruption is being caused by an instance, there are technical incompatibilities, or there is a danger of illegal content being federated across.

feddit.uk has always had a light hand when it comes to censorship, which is one of the reasons i came here after lemmy.ml

[–] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like you should look for a server that is more closely aligned with your interests. That too is a feature of the Fediverse, rather than expecting every server to do things your way.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I am not expecting every server to do things my way, i am trying to foment a discussion with other members of my instance about a top level moderation decision and presenting my viewpoint alongside that. As a somewhat regular contributor to the running costs of this instance i would like to see at least some community discussion before a decision is taken to take the drastic step of de-federation for idealistic reasons

Instead i have been dogpiled by emotional reactions and downvotes from people from other instances who have exactly zero stake in the argument since internal feddit.uk moderation decisions do not affect other instances. it's frankly astounding that i managed to get an admin response with how buried this post got

[–] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 3 weeks ago

You asked why a server would defederate, you got answers, and then you got very upset that they weren't the answers you wanted to hear.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because it's a troll instance and the admin is a fascist, the first rule of the instance is you "can't disrespect the president of the United States".

did they break any actual rules or is it just because they’re MAGA?

Yes, the admin engages in hate speech by calling being trans a mental illness (instance rule 1). The instance was also nothing but links to misinformation sources (instance rule 4) and people trying to 'troll the magas' when I added them to the defed list.

If you want to waste your energy debating magaheads, there's always !conservatives@hilariouschaos.com.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 6 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for answering the question

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 22 points 3 weeks ago

debate with them.

Lol

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

For starters, fuck magats. But accounts are free, make one on a different instance that hasn’t blocked them.

[–] ilovecheese@feddit.uk 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Feddit.uk-er here.

Fuck having any of that brain rot maga bullshit showing up here!

flamingos-cant has absolutely made the right call de-federating from that fascist drivel instance.

No tolerance for the intolerant!

Anyone not agree? Then fuck you too!

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Intolerance for the intolerant does not have to be enforced with defederation, and unless their users are actively causing problems outside their instance or they are hosting illegal content i would argue shouldn't be enforced with defederation.

I am of the opinion that the better way of dealing with these types is speaking to them, and challenging their points. you might not be able to convert the ones already there, but you can present the other side of the argument to others who have yet to be sucked in.

They have a grand total of 19 users. it's not like they're not vastly outnumbered. Shutting them off and not challenging their views will only lead to them growing

[–] ilovecheese@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Can't tell if you're a flag-waver or just naive.

Their whole identity is an offense to humanity.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk -5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

yup, and their numbers continue to grow

recoiling in disgust whenever one opens their mouth just seems to feed into their victim complex

[–] braydan@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I love being able to block stupid people.

[–] Corelli_III@midwest.social 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

😐

[–] WallsToTheBalls@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Is that the instance run by that donaljmusk cunt?

The whole reason he created the instance is because he got banned from everywhere else.